Act I. Scene V. -Inverness. Macbeth's Castle.

Lady Macbeth: "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe full / Of direst cruelty: make thick my blood, / Stop up the access and passage to remorse...."

she famously asks the gods to remove from her all signs of compassion and femininity, replacing them with cold remorseless ruthlessness.

Lady Macbeth wishes to use her powers of persuasion to prevent Macbeth denying them his destiny: "And chastise with the valour of my tongue / All that impedes thee from the golden round," (Line 28).

She famously calls upon the spirits to rid her of all her good: "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe [head to toe]top full / Of direst cruelty: make thick my blood, / Stop up the access and passage to remorse," (Lines 41-45).

Additionally King Duncan has been so good a King that "his virtues / Will plead like angels trumpet-tongu'd against / The deep damnation of his taking-off [dying];" (Line 18-20). Furthermore, Macbeth argues that he has no reason to kill his king but to satisfy "Vaulting ambition, which o'er-leaps [overleaps] itself / And falls on the other.-"

Macbeth ends this scene, decided on the murderous task ahead of him: "False face must hide what false heart doth [does] know"

"Infirm of purpose!" or weak-willed

Macbeth: "Our fears in Banquo / Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature / Reigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he daresWhose being I do fear; and under him / My genius is rebuk'd, as it is said

Alone, Macbeth fears that Banquo's sons will mean his dynasty will be short-lived; only he will be King and not his sons who will be replaced by those of Banquo's lineage. Macbeth arranges for several murderers to discreetly kill Banquo and Fleance to ensure his sons and not Banquo's become future kings

"I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er."

Macbeth is all too aware of the consequences of Fleance's escape: "There the grown serpent lies: the worm that's fled / Hath [has] nature that in time will venom breed," (Fleance the worm that escaped will in time breed a venom or line of kings Macbeth was hoping to prevent), (Line 29).

Macbeth now reveals that he knows Macduff's movements; "I keep a servant fee'd" (Line 132) or has spies to keep him informed of his enemies.

Says Lady Macbeth, "You lack the season of all natures, sleep"

The First Apparition: "Beware Macduff; Beware the Thane of Fife."

The Second Apparition: "none of women born Shall harm Macbeth."

The Third Apparition: "be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care who chafes, who frets until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill /Shall come against him [Macbeth]."

Macbeth doesn't care about the consequences of his inquires: "Even till destruction sicken; answer me / To what I ask you" (Line 60).

Macbeth decides that "from this moment / The very firstlings of my heart shall be / The firstlings of my hand" (Line 146). He will surprise Macduff's castle or "Seize upon Fife;" (Line 151) and "give to the edge of the sword / His [Macduff's] wife, his babes [children], and all unfortunate souls / That trace him in his line [those that follow Macduff]" (Line 151).

Since Macbeth cannot kill Macduff, he will destroy all vestiges (traces) of him instead.

Changes in Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth expresses a hidden evil throughout the play. Behind closed doors, she shows her evil by voicing her heartless phrases to herself. She shows she has no love but for her evil and knows no bounderies when it comes to having her way. "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear" Shows that Lady Macbeth knows that she is evil and is wishing that she could share her evil with Macbeth. "Make thick my blood, Stop up th' Access and Passage to remorse." Expresses Lady Macbeth wanting more evil and is asking for her blood to stop the passage through her heart, so she can continue her evil ways without any remorse or guilt. Although Lady Macbeth is evil, she knows well not to convey this trait to the public, but to be pleasant and sweet to the king and others.

Towards the end of the play, Lady Macbeth shows weakness and guilt for her evil plans, and begins to go crazy. "Out damned spot! Out, I say!" " Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him" "The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that,my lord, no more o' that!" As Lady Macbeth speaks to herself, she sees blood on her hands, and is unable to wash it off. These phrases explain she has killed the king and is sorry for what she has done. Lady Macbeth becomes so sick, she requires a doctor and servant to watch her and take care of her. Lady Macbeth proves her weakness to not being able to handle her evil by committing suicide.